Causal conditional reasoning and strength of association: The disabling condition case

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-176

  De Neys, Wim ^a   Schaeken, Walter ^a   d'Ydewalle, Géry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037389750     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440244000058     Document Type: Article

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